Bio
Andrew Wiebe (he/them) is a Two-Spirit (Red River Michif, MMF) PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. His PhD project, Lii Lozh di Kaastor (The Beaver Lodge), is a co-created archival project that involves the creation of an interactive digital atlas of queer knowledge with Two-Spirit Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Scholars on Turtle Island. The corresponding thesis is a guide and example of how to build Indigenous and Queer stories into traditional archival practice through ceremonial methodologies inspired by our relationship with beavers—tearing down trees and rebuilding the environment.
In addition, this work heavily fixates on the relational accountabilities that knowledge creation entails when re-connected to Land, people, water, and tangible digital infrastructure. These relations reveal issues of material stewardship of digital space, Indigenous Data Governance, and internet infrastructure.
Specializations
Critical Indigenous Studies, Archives and Records Management, Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies, Digital Humanities, Indigenous Science and Technology Studies, and Indigenous Feminisms
Publications & Knowledge Mobilization
- Wiebe, A. (Forthcoming). Is an Archive like an Astrolabe?: An Indigenous Perspective on Accessing Colonial Archives in Canada. Archivaria
- Wiebe, A. (Accepted, Fall 2026). From Archive to Obligation: Reframing Two-Spirit Information Practices Through “Quests.” JASIST.
- Wiebe, A. (2026). Engineering Oral Stories: A Conceptual Model of Traditions as Water. Information Research. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir31iConf64170 – Winner of the iConference’s best short paper award.
- Wiebe, A. (2026). Kinships with the Constellations: Land Relations in the Atmosphere and the Consequences of Lithium-Mediated Internet Access. Catalyst. https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v12i1.45084
- Wiebe, A. (2026). Grounding the Semantic Web: Indigenous Sovereignty, Land-Based Ontologies, and the Politics of Linked Data. Archival Science. 26(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-025-09526-5
- Yanchapaxi, M. F., & Wemigwans, J. (2026). Technoscience Research Unit Data Protocol. Technoscience Research Unit, University of Toronto. Contributor (editing and conceptual input). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65ba9dd6cacc750bf3c738d1/t/69caab516e3bf977e39e9e58/1774889819907/TRU_DataProtocol_march30.pdf
- Pollution Reporter App (v2.1). (2025–2026). Environmental Data Justice Lab, Technoscience Research Unit, University of Toronto. Contributor (indexing; health dataset development, citations, and tagging). https://www.landandrefinery.org/projects/pollution-reporter
- Pyne, S., Brauen, G, Turner, C., & Wiebe, A. (2025). Collaborative Mapping with Urban Residential School Survivors. Cartouche, 102, pp. 56-58.
- Pyne, S., Turner, C., Wiebe, A., & Woolford, A. (Nov 11, 2025). Mapping with the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group. NiCHE. https://niche-canada.org/2025/11/11/mapping-with-the-assiniboia-residential-school-legacy-group/
- Wiebe, A. (Oct 21, 2025). St. Antoine de Padoue Church at Batoche: Métis Memory, Currents, and Futurity. Heritage Saskatchewan (Blog). https://heritagesask.ca/news/st-antoine-de-padoue
- Wiebe, A. (2025). Toward a Linked Data Approach to Shifting Identities and NULL Values in the Data Sets. Platyupus (Blog). https://blog.castac.org/2025/04/toward-a-linked-data-approach-to-shifting-identities-and-null-values-in-data-sets/
- Stokes, J., MacLean, S-B., Craig, J., Tanya, H., Gregory, P., Nokhrin, I., Atiya, A., Moore, M., Wiebe, A., & Southgate, L. (Eds.). (2025). Suffolk Collection. Reed Online. https://ereed.org/collections/suffk/
- Wiebe, A. (2024). Born from Lithium Minds: A Guide on Mapping Digital Kinship. iJournal, 10(1), 49–63. https://doi.org/10.33137/ijournal.v10i1.44531
- Wiebe, A. (2024, November 20). When building Indigenous infrastructure, build relationally, like beavers. The Conversation.
- Pyne, S., Valeri, D., & Wiebe, A. (2023). Mapping Assiniboia Residential School Survivor Stories: Did You See Us? Cartouche, 100, 20–22.
- Wiebe, A. (2023, August 15). Zoom’s scrapped proposal to mine user data causes concern about our virtual and private Indigenous Knowledge. The Conversation.
- Wiebe, A. (2022). Killer decorations: The killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as an extension of the gothic manuscript tradition. USURJ, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.32396/usurj.v8i2.491
Affiliations
- Technoscience Research Unit
PhD Research Fellow
Funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund: All Our Chemical Relations - GIAMedia
PhD Research Fellow for Residential School Survivor Stories Funded by the SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants—Residential Schools Joint Initiative - IndigeLab Network
Affiliate - Indigenous Computational Futures
Member/Contributor - Ontario Libraries Association
Indigenous Advisory Council - Indigenous Research Council, Canada First Research Excellence Fund Project
Acceleration Consortium: Self-driving Labs for Molecular and Materials - The ArQuives
Collections and Public Service Committee (Digital Exhibits) - R.E.E.D – Records for Early English Drama
Retired Research Assistant - Old Books New Science
Lab Member
Awards
- Metis Nation Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance Program (2026-2027)
Métis Nation Ontario - Best Short Research Paper (2026)
iSchools Inc., iConference - Price McIntosh Bursary (2025-2026)
Library and Archives Canada - Faculty of Information PhD Enhancement Award (2025-2026)
University of Toronto (FOI) - Metis Nation Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance Program (2025-2026)
Métis Nation Ontario - SSHRC-CGS Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2024-2027)
University of Toronto (FOI) - Marcia J. Nauratil Memorial Scholarship
University of Toronto (FOI) - University Of Toronto Women’s Association Adele Csima Scholarship (2024)
University of Toronto (FOI) - Jack Hallam Uc’52 Graduate Scholarship In Sexual Diversity Studies (2024)
University of Toronto (SDS) - Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2024/Declined 2025 for CGS)
University of Toronto (FOI) - David Rayside Graduate Students Award (2024)
University of Toronto (SDS) - Metis Nation Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance Program (2024-2025)
Métis Nation Ontario - Métis Nation University Sponsorship Program (2021-2023)
Gabriel Dumont Institute - Centre For Medieval Studies Entrance Award (2021)
University of Toronto (CMS) - Grace Buller Aboriginal Student Scholarship (2021)
Ontario Library Association - Hannon Scholarship (2020)
University of Saskatchewan
Degrees
- B.A. Hon. English – University of Saskatchewan
- B.A. Hon. Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies – University of Saskatchewan
- M.I., Information Systems and Design & Archives and Records Management – University of Toronto
- M.A. Medieval Studies – University of Toronto
Course Titles
- INF2584 – Introduction to Indigenous Science and Relational Knowledge Systems – University of Toronto
- INF2186 – Metadata Schemas and Applications – Faculty of Information – University of Toronto
- CCT110 – Foundations in Management – ICCIT – University of Toronto, Mississauga